O Christmas tree
It’s officially the time of year when we can walk up Broadway and not smell that mystery subway smoke or car exhaust, when we can…
George Theodore Phillips
Eds, meds, and environmental friendliness
New construction and renovation plans aplenty in NYC’s health and education sectors, but will the planners keep their promises for sustainable development?
“Greening up” public housing
Simple, cost-effective environmental retrofitting of public housing is well within the realm of possibility.
A new cost-benefit analysis for storm protection
With powerful storm surges costing the New York Metropolitan Area more and more each year, it is clear that a new flood protection system is necessary. Has it now become economically responsible from a cost-benefit standpoint?
A rare bastion for a true “first nature” park in the Bronx
How can the 50 acre segment of “old growth” forest in the New York Botanical Garden, comprised of trees and wildlife that have been a part of New York since the days of Henry Hudson, be protected and preserved from the second-hand effects of urbanization?
Parks get greener
We should not automatically view parks as being environmentally friendly by their nature…
Is it “natural”?
How natural is “natural”? Asking us to reconsider the human element in the creation of NYC’s “natural” landscapes.